Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)

Citation: Ky. Admin. Office of the Courts, Circuit/District Court Clerks' Manual, ch. 43 (Forcible Entry and Detainer)
Jurisdiction: Kentucky (state)
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Original Source: https://www.kycourts.gov/Courts/County-Information/Documents/ClerksManual.pdf ↗

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43.1 Petition
1. Upon receipt of AOC Form 216 forcible detainer complaint or a forcible Quick Reference
entry petition, affirm the petitioner’s signature. AOC Form 216
2. Collect filing fees as set forth in the Accounting Manual and give a receipt.
Do not apply the FILED stamp or process the documents until the filing
fees are paid.
EXCEPTIONS:
• In Forma Pauperis Granted. See Section 57 Motion for Leave to File, date, initial
Proceed In Forma Pauperis.
• Petitioner is the Commonwealth. KRS 453.010. Case type FD
3. Refer to Case Add section of KyCourts Manual for instructions on opening Civil C Case
the case. Use case type FD.
Note: New code FENTRY. Landlord/Tenant Dispute–Other: Cases alleging
a breach of contract between a landlord and tenant. Use this case type for
landlord/tenant dispute cases of unknown specificity, when
landlord/tenant dispute cases are not attributable to another previously Schedule event
defined landlord/tenant case type, or when all landlord/tenant dispute
cases are reported as a single case type.
4. Generate the next case number for district civil C cases or use the next pre-numbered
file folder.
5. Assign to a division using the procedure in your local court rules.
6. DO NOT proceed with the following steps unless filing fees have been paid, In Forma
Pauperis has been granted, or the petitioner is the Commonwealth.
7. Apply the FILED stamp to the petition; add the date and your initials.
8. Have the judge assign a trial date (or do this yourself if the judge has delegated this duty
to you) and note on the calendar by completing a scheduled events screen.

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